Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-04-27

Sl,949,Sll, against $2,ll6,203 for the
preceding week, decrease OF $780,.
392.
The French agent resident in Cam.
bodia has been appointed Minister to
King Noredem. He will have control
OF the finances Of the Kingdom.
The wife of Secretary Whitney, de.
string TO commemorate the chris,ca.
ing of her iufant daughter, gave $1,000
to st. Johns Urphanage in Washing.
ton.
Water continues to rise in the st.
Lawrence river and all low lying por
tions OF the city of Montreal, Canada,
are flooded. The damage will be en-.
ormous.
Numerous Polish peasants, the pos.
SCISSORS of small estates and in rather
good circumstances, are emigrating
from Posen and Western Russia to the
United States.
The national banks Of New York
city have dected to pay to the Con.
troller on behalf of their stockholders
the amount due as arrears of personal
| taxes on shares held by them.
The largest table ever made from
single plank now belongs to the Hi.
nois Club Of Chicago. The plank is
fifteen feet long and six wide, and was
cut from California redwood tree.
Rev s. Gerstmau rabbi of st.
Louis, who was lieutenant in the Flor.
ida War, and was Wounded in fight
| with the Seminoles, has been granted
arrears OF pension amounting to $4,000.
An executive order has been issued
consolidating the Two River and
Mission Indian agencies in California.
The young Indians are also TO be put
| in care 'of the agent OF the consolidated
| tribes.
The ruling of the Lieutenant Gov.
ernor IN the New York Senate is dis.
pleasing to The Republicans, and they
threaten to lmpeach him. The slrug-
gle seems TO be over the appointment
of Railroad Commissioner.
Capt. Richardson, an old California
pioneer, was the person duped by
! the gold brick' trick at New York
Thursday. He is an eccentric old Tel.
low, and Is enthusiastic over mining
ventures. He had Rdyanced 81 900 on
the bogus brick.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe
will have its line from Kansas City to
Los Angeles complete early next
week, when the line between San Ber.
nardino and Los Angeles will be fin
ished. A big celebration is promised.
Elsie Reynolds has been Doing Los
Angeles in the spirit line for several
months. Her tricks were exposed al
Il private citizens residence the other
night, but she still succeeds in attract
ing many believers and is making
money,
The second trial of Georgoe H..
Miller for the killing of James NJ.
| Coleman, reputable farmer. and
Wilbure Patton, scboolboy on Lake
Washington, near Seattle, w. t., in
ApFil, 1850, has resulted IN hung
jury. A third trial will be had.
The Benica News says the sea.lions
systematically rob the nets cf the
fisherman between San Pablo Bay and
Monteauma, and mutilnie about one
third OF the catch. The News thinks
the Stale should protect the fishermen,
especially as they pay SO license.
1t is reported that Bismarck, in the
course of a speech last Friday said i,
was impossible TO ioresee whether the
belicose French people, who used to
make an onslaught on Germany thee
or four times every century, would
keep or break the Frankfort treaty.
Preparations on an elaborate Scale
are leing arranged by Grant Bros,
railroad contractors for the ,AtChison,
Topeka and santa Fe Road, TO 'com-
mence track-laying at Arlington on
the Riverside. Santa Ana and Los An.
geles branch of the Atchisoh System.
The thirteen. .months-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Sperry of Paradise was
fatally burned last Saturday night.
From what we can learn Of the sad nc.
cldent, it appears that The child was
fert in room for a short time while
its pho,her was attending to some Of
her household duties 10 the kitchen.
The child, it is supposed, caught hold
Of the table cover in The room where